Uber cab driver had been jailed earlier in a rape case

December 8, 2014 7:09 AM

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The 32-year-old cabbie, who allegedly raped an executive on Friday night, would not have been behind the wheel of the Uber taxi had the U.S.-based company run a background check and got police verification done as he had earlier been jailed too in a rape case.

Shiv Kumar Yadav, who was arrested on Sunday in his home town Mathura, is a repeat offender, it was revealed during his initial interrogation by the police.